CREDIt RAtING OF ANADOLU EFES

(1996).
• Assets of Toros Biracılık were acquired along with “Marmara” brand,
increasing the number of breweries of the Group to five in Turkey (1998).
• EBI was established in the Netherlands to carry out the international
brewing operations of the Group (1998).
• Initial public offering of Efes Invest on the Istanbul Stock Exchange and
London Stock Exchange with a free float of 48 percent (1998).
• Turkey’s sole authorized Coca-Cola bottler, Coca-Cola Bottlers of Turkey
(CCBT), was established. Anadolu Efes’ collective stake in CCBT including
the Anadolu Group shares reached 40 percent (1998).
• The Group’s Ploiesti plant, the most modern brewery in Romania
commenced production (1998).
• Moscow Efes Brewery (MEB), the first green-field brewery investment
of the Group in Russia established in partnership with the EBRD and the
Municipality of Moscow, started production (1999).
• “Stary Melnik” brand was launched in Russia (1999).
• Malt production commenced in Moscow Efes Brewery (1999).
2000’s
• The Group merged its four publicly listed brewing and malting companies
(Erciyas Biracılık, Ege Biracılık, Güney Biracılık and Anadolu Biracılık) under
one publicly listed entity “Anadolu Efes” (2000).
• CCBT was restructured under two companies, Coca-Cola İçecek
Üretim (Production Company) and Coca-Cola Satış ve Dağıtım (Sales and
Distribution Company) (2000).
• Anadolu Efes Depository Receipts (DRs) started trading at Level-1 (2002).
• Coca-Cola Bottling operations in Turkey were restructured to operate as a
production company, Coca-Cola İçecek A.Ş. (CCİ) and a sales & marketing
company which becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of CCİ (2002).
• EBI increased its capital by allocating 15 percent of its capital to foreign
institutional investors through a private placement (2002 - 2003).
• Efes Vitanta Moldova Brewery was founded after the acquisition of the
Vitanta Intravest S.A. brewery located in Chisinau, Moldova. In addition
to beer, the Group became a leader in the soft drinks and bottled water
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